Separable hat rest or the like



Dec. 21, 1948. .1. E. LEDURE SEPARABLE HAT REST OR THE LIKE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 4, 1944 INVENTOR J aaslledure A ORNEY Dec. 21, 1948. J. E. LEDURE 2,456,964

SEPARABLE HAT REST OR THE LIKE Filed Dec. 4, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 N Q N p {Q INVENTOR Q ATTORNIEY Patented Dec. 21, 1948 SEPARABLE HAT REST OR THE LIKE Jacques E. Ledure, New York, N. Y., assignor to Eleanor O. Ledure, New York, N. Y.

Application December 4, 1944, Serial No. 566,573

3 Claims (01. 211-148) My invention relates to supports for hats, small garments, and also for supporting items displayed in store windows, shelves or counters; and further utilizable for travelling salespeople who display. their samples, and who would desire that supports of this character be of a collapsible type, with the parts comprising such supports formed of perfectly flat members, thereby enabling said devices to be readily folded and packed or stowed away into a comparatively limited space.

An object of my invention is to provide a supporting utility for hats, garments or the like, that is easy and economical of manufacture and which can be readily set up and collapsed.

Further utility and objects of the invention will be apparent as the description thereof proceeds.

In further description of my invention reference is had to the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the hat or garment rack;

Fig, 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a detail side elevational view of the device;

Fig. 4 is a left end elevational view thereof;

Fig. 5 is a detail front elevational view; and

Fig. 6 is a left end elevational view of the device.

Referring to the figures, the designation I0 is the top or table portion of the device which is supported by two members H and I2 positioned when assembled at right angles to each other and interlocked as shown in Fig. 2. A slot W is provided to permit the top portion ll" of the supporting standard member H to slip through said slot Ill up to and flush with the shoulder I l of said member I l.

The standard member II is provided with an elongated slot |I. The lower portion of said member II is further provided with leglike base supports li Referring to Fig. 3, the table-like support III is hinged onto the standard cross-member l2 by means of flexible hinges 10 of cloth or flexible plastic material, which are secured between the under side of said table Ill and the standard cross-member l2 as shown in Fig 3. In this figure the table I0 is shown turned upward or set vertically and supported by the member l2. In this manner the standard member I2 is in a collapsed or folded position. The member I2 is provided with leglike base supports l2 In Fig. 2 the table I0 is shown in set-up or operative position resting over the top portion H the upper end of which rotrudes above said table In thus forming a top support in addition to the support given a hat or garment resting on the device by the table ID. The. table rack I0 rests upon the shoulder l l (Fig. 5);

The member I2 is fitted and interlocked into assembled position'at right angles to the member II through the medium of the slot l2 of said member.

The member I2 is simply fitted at right angles and over the member ll through the medium of the respective slots H and Ir as explained.

In assembling the device the table support is first hinged in a vertical position as shown in Fig. 3. The supportin member I l is slipped centrally through slot ll into the slot I2 of the standard member l2 up to the point just below the edge of the table I0 when tipped over in a horizontal position on the hinges thereof, and in the position shown in Fig. 3. In this manner the device is set up and ready to receive whatever article it is desired to place upon it for display purposes or otherwise.

The material from which the device may be made is either sheet plastic, sheet metal, plywood, or heavy cardboard, or like fiat material.

It will be readily be seen that my invention is easy of manufacture, and formed of simple die stampings or simple plastic moulding, possessing considerable utility in the fact of its manner of disassembly into small compass and requiring small storage or shipping space.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, butit should be construed as broadly as permissible in view of the prior art.

Now, havingdescribed my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described comprising a plurality of intersecting and interlocking standard members, each having a base portion, a table support hinged to the top of one of said standard members, whereby said table support may be hingedly moved to a vertical or horizontal position thereupon, a slot approximately centrally located on said table support through which the upper portion of a second standard interlocking member is projected, a pair of shoulders on said second standard member upon which said table support is caused to rest upon the projection of said second standard member through said slot on the itable support aforesaid.

2. In a hat rack including two intersecting and interlockin standard members, each having a supporting base" portion, a table support hingeably attached to the first of said standard memand intersecting members having a centrally psitioned slot extending from the lower mid-portion to the top section thereof, -a supporting shoulder on said second standard member, said second member being set at right angles to said first member and the slot thereof set into the Vertical slot of said first member thereby effecting saidintersecting and interlocking formation, the upper portion of said second standard member projecting through said slot on said table support upon the assembly of said device, said member projection extending upwardly through said table support and said table support bearing against said shoulder of said second standard member thereby forming al support for the table support aforesaid. i

3. In a device of the class described comprising a pair of intersecting and interlocking standard members, each having a supporting base portion, a table support hingedly attached to one of said standard members whereby said attached table support may be turned from a horizontal to a vertical position upon said standard mem- '30 her; shoulder support means on the opposite intersecting standard member for retaining said table support horizontally after having been so placed, said shoulder support means partially projecting through slot or opening means on said table support, whereby the projecting portion of the said shoulder support means through said slot or opening means and above said table support may serve as a further article support means in addition to the table support aforesaid.

JACQUES E. LEDURE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 661,645 Rogers Nov. 13, 1900 709,171 Nussbaumer Sept. 16, 1902 1,494,736 Cottrell May 20, 1924 1,940,117 Carpos Dec. 19, 1933 2,000,915 Blake May 14, 1935 2,054,915 Stern Sept. 22, 1936 2,191,752 Clarke Feb. 27, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 21,276 Australia July 17, 1929 674,982 Germany Apr. 6, 1939 

